Album: Criss-Cross by Thelonious Monk (1963)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Description: Criss-Cross is Thelonious Monk's critically acclaimed second studio release for Columbia Records. The album consists of previously released Monk compositions that were re-recorded for Columbia by the Thelonious Monk Quartet.

Artist Background: Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered one of the giants of American music. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 so... Part of the North Carolina, USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Music Scene: Part of the North Carolina, USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, 1960s, Album

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Criss-Cross is Thelonious Monk's critically acclaimed second studio release for Columbia Records. The album consists of previously released Monk compositions that were re-recorded for Columbia by the Thelonious Monk Quartet.

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